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Broken Piece of PLA in Extruder opening

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting' started by Steve Marco, Jun 15, 2014.

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  1. Steve Marco

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    Hey Guys,
    When I was loading the PLA spool for my R1, a piece of the PLA broke off inside the entry point. I can't get it out. What do I do?

    Thanks!
    Steve
     
    #1 Steve Marco, Jun 15, 2014
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    If it is down inside the hotend you can unmount the hotend and probably pull it out with tweezers or needle nose pliers. Sort of a pain since you have to disassemble the extruder.

    I would try heating the hotend with the extruder open (as if you were loading filament) and see if you can reach it with tweezers/needle nose pliers from the top of the hotend and pull it back out.

    If not, push it out with another spool. If it is that far down it will not matter much.
     
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